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InfoChachkie
JANUARY 6, 2014
A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. An invalidated patent or one deemed to infringe the rights of another party can devastate a startup. Defensible Claims - Some companies take pride in the number of patents they own. Do not rely on the IP lawyer to coax such vital information from you.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 20, 2012
The honest answer is that ideas and new technologies are worth nothing, outside the context of a specific entrepreneur and a specific business plan that meets a market need for a fair price. What investors want is a proven entrepreneur, someone who can invent a product, find capital, and find a way of getting the product to market.
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Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 11, 2011
In fact, if you look at all the "great inventors" championed by history, you'll realize that many weren't great inventors at all, but rather entrepreneurs, who later took credit as the inventors they never were. File a provisional patent as a place holder, a full patent, trademark, copyright, or all of the above.
SoCal Delicious
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. magazine and the LA Business Journal. is a good monthly investment? Follow PandoDaily: Search. MarkLanday.
Frank Addante
AUGUST 14, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Hire Entrepreneurs! ► October (1) New Video! . ► October (1) New Video!
Frank Addante
OCTOBER 19, 2006
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.),
Frank Addante
MARCH 26, 2007
About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! At L90 (Startup 3.0) , we were sued by DoubleClick on the eve of our IPO for alleged patent-infrindgement.
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